Regional Sales Manager Resume Sample

Making a good first impression doesnt start in the interview room. It starts with your resume, which can do a bad job if its full of mistakes. Commonly made mistakes are a problem for many applicants, so its a great idea to check out resume samples before sending your resume off to an employer. To get started, check out what our experts had to say about this regional sales manager resume sample.

Flesh out the summary section for full benefit

A professional summary is easier to understand if its looked at like a sales pitch, where an applicant gets full control over how their experience, traits, skills, and education is looked at. It should always be taken advantage of because it gives this free opportunity for applicants to sell their best assets. Bryan includes some great information in his summary, but it isnt long enough and it doesnt sell all of his capabilities well enough. He needs to make sure it is lengthened to four to six lines.

Check the accomplishment section for these guidelines

An accomplishments section is a great way to show off notable achievements that an applicant has accumulated over their career. However, this section must include three entries. Because this area only includes two entries, the entire section should be removed. Those two details can be placed under the job they belong to as a detail.

Include enough job information

Each job entry in the experience section needs to have between five and eight details. This gives employers a good deal of information about your training and experience. Bryan falls short of this requirement all of his jobs, so he needs to include duties, projects, or metric data to satisfy employers.

Remember to bullet your job details

Bullet points are one of those resume elements that cant be ignored and cant be left out. They are necessary for creating clarity, especially in areas that become a mess with information quickly. The experience section always requires bullet points under the job title, location, and dates. Bryan leaves them off, so he needs to make sure each sentence gets its own bullet, and then all of it needs to be put into list form. WRONG: Senior Technical Sales Executive January 2002 to CurrentContec Inc ? Lexington, KY Manage a territory that covers 5 states. All new business gained due to cold calling. Monitored customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts. Held weekly training sessions on Contec products with plant associates. Worked closely with plant management on cost saving activities and problem solving issues. Sales Rep July 1998 to December 2001Contec Inc ? Toledo, OH On site sales rep at Honda Automotive Manufacturing. Daily activites include quality checks on our products and assisting in tracking defects on painted units. Also new product development and daily on line associate training. RIGHT: Senior Technical Sales Executive January 2002 to CurrentContec Inc ? Lexington, KY Manage a territory that covers 5 states.

All new business gained due to cold calling.

Monitored customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts.

Held weekly training sessions on Contec products with plant associates.

Worked closely with plant management on cost saving activities and problem solving issues.

Point five.

Sales Rep July 1998 to December 2001Contec Inc ? Toledo, OH

On site sales rep at Honda Automotive Manufacturing.

Daily activites include quality checks on our products and assisting in tracking defects on painted units.

Also new product development and daily on line associate training.

Point four.

Point five.

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